ABOUT US
OUR TEAM WILL TURN YOUR WILDEST DREAMS INTO REALITY!
With years of experience in the storytelling fields of theater, film and video, the Butter Designs team will help you create a memorable experience for your audience and brand!
Faye Armon-Troncoso was the first Props/Set Decorator ever to win an Obie! Recent TV: “Pretty Baby, Brooke Shields”, “School House Rock Sing-Along”, “Game Theory with Bomani Jones”, “FBI”, “Harlem”, “Dead Ringers” for Amazon Prime, “Money Hungry” for the Food Network, “The Good Fight” for Paramount+ (Season 3 & 4); and “The Big Fib” for Disney+ (Season 1). She recently collaborated with David Rockwell on the Museum of Broadway, which opened in October 2022. Her numerous Broadway credits include: Linda Vista (Hayes); Head Over Heels (Hudson); The Terms of My Surrender (Belasco); Oslo (Lincoln Center); Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Booth); The Gin Game (Golden); Fun Home (Circle in the Square, Tony Nomination Best Set); The River (Circle in the Square); Of Mice & Men (Longacre); Macbeth (Lincoln Center); Testament of Mary (Walter Kerr); Golden Boy (Belasco); Clybourne Park (Walter Kerr, Tony Nomination Best Set); Warhorse (Lincoln Center, Tony Winner Best Set); The Merchant of Venice (Broadhurst, Tony Nomination Best Set); Enron (Broadhurst); Albee’s Seascape (Booth).
Faye Armon-Troncoso
Lauren Helpern is an award-winning set designer, who has worked in numerous design fields. Her critically acclaimed theatre designs, many of them world premieres, include: 4000 Miles (Lortel Award), Disgraced, Bad Jews, Skintight, Model Apartment, Seize the King, BUG (Obie Award), and several productions of Blue Man Group. Her work has been seen on Broadway and Off, as well as regionally at theaters including La Jolla Playhouse, Geffen Playhouse, South Coast Rep, Huntington Theatre, and Arizona Theatre Company. She designed “Ari Shaffir: Jew”, which currently has over 7.5 million views on Youtube. Her other design work for video ranges from Elmo’s Apartment on “Sesame Street” (in collaboration with David Gallo) to training videos for clients like Merrill Lynch. She has also been part of many art departments. She has created activations, events and benefits for a diverse group of clients including Tyson, the California Wine Institute, 92Y, and Gymshark. She has also worked on hospitality projects including Journey, a restaurant in NYC, and the Weill Cafe at Carnegie Hall. Ms. Helpern received her BA from Brown University and her MFA from NYU.
